Curiosidades

The German machine gun used to keep the soldier pinned in the shell hole kept malfunctioning. The prop men could not correct the problem. Tired of the delays, Lee Marvin, a WWII vet, stepped in and fixed the gun.

As a war veteran, Lee Marvin taught the crew how men fell when they were hit by a gun shot.

During the Battle of Saipan, Marine Lee Marvin was shot in the behind by a Japanese sniper.

While the sound of jets flying over might be regarded as a goof, in the last months of the war in Europe the Germans were flying the ME- 262 jet fighter.

Although this was true, the ME-262 never flew in Italy, only over the German Fatherland.

The rifle used by the snipers was a G43 (1943) and the machine gun with the saddle drum was a MG34.